Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador and later brought back to the US to face federal criminal charges, has renewed his bid for asylum in the United States as the Trump administration’s effort to deport him to Uganda intensifies.

The request Monday to revisit his asylum application could have the impact of further delaying a potential deportation by the administration. Should an immigration judge grant the request to revisit his asylum claims, officials would be barred under federal law from removing him from the US pending resolution of his renewed asylum application.

Justice Department attorneys have separately acknowledged in court papers that they would let Abrego Garcia’s request to revisit his asylum claims play out before they proceed with

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